Giant nerdiness ahead!
A few years ago, a coworker and I ran a Star Wars RPG club after school. The two of us split the eight or nine students into two groups and ran a parallel campaign, planning things out so that eventually everyone met back up at the end of the school year for the Epic Showdown with the Big Bad Guys. It was a lot of fun, though I’ve always enjoyed being a player in games rather than running them. To that end, I created a character of my own who joined the party and fought alongside our Jedi heroes.
Because this was an extended universe RPG, we took some liberties with things like Jedi powers and the races that were available. I ended up choosing a race called the Miraluka for my character. The Miraluka are a species that is born with no eyes, but senses things naturally through the Force. This seemed like a perfect species for a Force-sensitive martial arts character, which is exactly what I created. Over the course of a couple of years’ worth of games, my character became a Jedi Knight (eventually even Master), took control of an ancient clan of Force-sensitive ninjas, and basically gained the ability to wrap the Force around his hand and punch people hard enough that they exploded. It was, as you might well imagine, kind of awesome.
Anyway, I was feeling a bit of nostalgia for that today, so I decided to draw my old character. The session of Star Wars RPG I ran last year featured new characters (who were also chaotic neutral at best, demonic evil at worst), so he didn’t get to do more than make a quick cameo appearance in the game. This year, there hasn’t been a demand for the game, so we haven’t had a chance to play. I’m kind of hoping some students get the urge to play again, ’cause I wouldn’t mind dusting off the character and having him punch holes in things again.
Sketches From Memory 
It’s a shame people don’t do things like this more often! They’re a great, easy way to have fun. As an educator too, you impart this creativity on your students, which is so important. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! I actually have this theory that you could use tabletop RPGs to teach students on the autism spectrum appropriate social behaviors: most game systems have very strict rules governing character interaction, and you could get into all sorts of important issues and skills in a safe environment.
That’s a neat idea! I could definitely see how that could help. It would also allow them to start interacting with other people, since so often they’re cut off from the rest of the world whether they want to be or not.